Ep. 39: Pol Pot & the Khmer Rouge (Part One)

It's the beginning of a two-part series on the world's dumbest dictator: Pol Pot! This week we dive into Pot's origin story in all of its glorious stupidity, all the way up to the moment he and his Khmer Rouge took over Cambodia and enacted a bunch of dumb shit policies that would have a devastating impact on Cambodia. I think this episode is an important reminder of how one man, aided by circumstance and chance, can have a gargantuan impact on history. Because this moron was able to fail up for such a long time, anywhere from 1.7 to 3 million people perished under his rule. History is full of great men and women, and Salath Sâr (AKA Pol Pot) is most DEFINITELY not one of them. Enjoy comrades!